The morning sounds of Beacon's cafeteria was enough to put anyone not prepared into a state of panic. Though for Amber, it was becoming more and more just another day for her. The sounds of loud, indistinct conversations rang throughout the large cafeteria. It all combined to form a loud gibberish sound that annoyed her.

They sat with team CFVY today. Though mainly because Nick and Coco were comparing notes on last nights leaders meeting he disappeared too for awhile.

"Ugh I never thought it was going to end! Seriously I could've gone to my favorite store in Vale for an hour and come back, and they would still have been going!" Coco complained. Nick nodded in agreement.

"Well in Ozpin's defense, the first couple of weeks are really just for teams to get to know each other before the real work starts. I heard one leader was even granted his request to step down."

"Wait, really?" Indigo butted in.

"Yeah, the first week we were told a good amount of team leaders asked to step down right off the bat once they saw the workload. Only one guy was really granted that though." Nick explained.

"Umm, Nick." Velvet spoke up.

"Huh?" He asked quickly and looked over to her.

"I was meaning to ask... Why do you and Indigo have... Weird last names?" They both looked confused. "U-um. I just mean that they don't relate to any color o-or anything." She stuttered.

"It's probably because we're from settlements instead of main kingdoms." Nick explained. "People out there are either much less traditional on things like that, and way overboard in other ones depending on where they came from originally."

"Oh..." she leaned over and whispered something into Coco's ear. Coco just smirked evilly.

"Yes I agree that they are kind of cute in their own way!" Coco announced to the table.

Velvets, Nicks, and Indigos faces all simultaneously turned red. Amber smiled as she took another bite of her food.

"Coco!" Velvet complained. Coco laughed.

"I'm just messing with you, oh right I almost forgot!" She stood up. "Since we don't have anything to do today, and Monday is when things begin to get crazy around here. I wanted to invite team NANI along with us on a trip down to Vale." Coco said in her usual dramatic state.

Nick shrugged and looked around the members of their team.

"Up to the them."

"Well, I do need to stock up more dust." Amber said. Indigo shrugged.

"I could use some more ammo." She said. Navy grumbled.

"This is a waste of time, I shall not attend."

"Well, if that's the case. Then we're game." Nick said, Coco smiled.

"This is gunna be fun,"


It was a short ride on the airship after breakfast down to Vale. Coco led the group down the concrete streets. Nick had gotten used to walking through the concrete jungle of the kingdom. He glanced over to Indigo who was looking around at everything like the first time they came to Vale. He smiled to himself, and found her unfamiliarity with the city amusing. It's already been three weeks since they got here and she never left the school grounds. He figured she needed the breath of air from there anyway.

"Oh you guys are going to love it here! Trust me this place is my favorite store." Coco said as she led everyone into a plaza. Buildings fenced the plaza in, a road at the end of it. The Vale crest stamped into the concrete at the plazas center. Though other then two trees growing next to the crest, nothing really stood out.

"Umm, where were we going again?" Nick spoke up. Coco glanced back at him.

"Silly, we're going to my favorite clothing store!" Coco responded cheerily. Nick groaned internally, instantly getting why Yatsuhashi also stayed at Beacon. Indigo was more vocal with her groan though. Fox just sighed.

"Yeah I think i'll pass..." Indigo began. Coco walked back to Indigo, grabbed her arm and began dragging her towards a building.

"I have only ever seen you wear that armored jumpsuit of yours and your workout clothes. I'm taking you shopping and you're gunna like it!" Coco practically declared and began dragging her towards one of the buildings. Nick had to try not to laugh, and almost failed. Amber sighed.

"Well, I have been meaning to get a new outfit or two." She muttered. Nick shrugged and figured how bad could it be?

It was practically agony. Indigo fought Coco tooth and nail over everything she picked out, refused any help, and hid in the dressing room for unusual amounts of time. Nick sighed internally to himself, fully aware why she was kept taking so long. Coco seemed to keep getting more and more annoyed.

"Ugh, she's taking forever, and she's being so stubborn! I'm telling her that skirt will look great when she's relaxing but she won't wear it!" Coco complained by the dressing room area's entrance while Nick leaned against the wall in front of it. Velvet was on the other side, quietly listening to Coco. Nick sighed softly to himself, knowing the real reason for it.

Coco turned to look at Nick.

"Hey, Nick can't you go in there and calm her down at all?" Coco asked. Nick chuckled.

"Why do ya think she'd listen to me let alone not kick my face in?"

"Well you are her boyfriend aren't you? Pretty sure she'd listen to ya." Coco responded with an eye roll. Nick practically chocked on himself.

"What no! We're just friends." Nick said quickly. Coco laughed.

"Bullshit. I mean, it's obvious you two have known each other for a long time so unless you two are related or something, I'll put solid money on that." Nick rolled his eyes.

"Well, at one point in time maybe, but it never worked out. She's more of a sister to me at this point." Nick grumbled. Wait, why did he feel himself starting to lose control? He glanced over more at Coco, who was staring intently at him. Her silver eyes glared unusually at him, the gleam in them danced with confidence and expectance. "It's a long story, but no. She's just a old friend of mine, nothing more."

The gleam in her eyes died. Replaced with frustration and surprise. She groaned and shook her head.

"Fineee! I'll do it myself then!" Coco grumbled. She marched into the changing room. Velvet suddenly broke out quietly laughing, Nick smiled lightly at her.

"What's so funny?" She stopped instantly,

"Oh, nothing." she said and shook her head. Nick spotted Amber walking towards them, carrying a bag. He gave an exaggerated wave.

"Still alive partner?" He asked as she approached.

"I got what I wanted, i'm done here." She said, ignoring him.

"Umm, I could use some more dust for the week, and it is getting boring." Velvet said. Nick checked his scroll. To his surprise, three hours had passed since they first walked in.

"I need some more too." Amber sighed.

"Lucky for us all, I know a place. C'mon." Nick said. He pushed himself off the wall and began to walk towards the exit.

"Wait, what about the others?" Velvet asked worriedly. Nick shrugged.

"They're big girls who can take care of themselves. They'll catch up once they're done." He pushed open the door to the exit. As he walked out, he spotted Fox leaning against the wall by the door, his eyes closed.

"Hey Fox," Nick said.

"Hey, you done in there?"

"Kinda, Coco and Indigo will catch up later. We're just heading to a dust store."

"Alright, I'll catch up." He said simply.

It was a short walk to the store Nick was taking everyone. He stopped at a decent sized store, it's sign simply printed 'From Dust Till Dawn.'

"This is it?" Amber asked.

"It's not the ice cream shop if that's what your asking." Nick replied sarcastically and stepped inside.

Inside, it seemed nice enough. Different types of dust and crystals lined the wall, creating a colorful sight. At the center was a checkout area, with more cases for crystals. A elderly man stood behind the counter, he smiled at them at they entered.

"Hey boss," Nick said casually to the man. He just nodded in greeting.

"So, this is where you work?" Amber asked. Nick nodded,

"Mostly the evening shifts but yeah."

Nick watched the two girls walk up to the cyan dust containers. He grabbed himself some boxes of the ammo Indigo uses. He figured he would save her the trip of coming over here. Once that was done, he went over to the crystal counter and picked himself out a few different crystals to go along with the red ones he needed. He figured trying them out couldn't hurt.

"I didn't know you were a dust user..." he heard Velvet behind him. He turned, she held a standard dust container filled with cyan dust.

"Oh, not really. Though I figured that it couldn't hurt to try a few different kinds out with my semblance and see what happens. What about you? That seems like a good amount of the stuff."

"Oh yeah, I need a lot to power my weapon to make it work. So I try not to use too much."

"And that would be?" She looked down at the ground for a minute before smiling at him.

"You'll have to wait and see." He chuckled.

"Fair enough."

Amber walked up to the counter, carrying another containegbr with the same dust kind.

"It's going to take forever to load this." She muttered.

They paid for the dust, though as they turned for the door. It opened. To Nick's slight surprise, Navy walked through it.

"Oh hey Navy, thought you were hiding back at Beacon," Nick said

"I was not hiding, I was training and realized I needed something." Navy grumbled.

"Whatever you say, big guy." Nick said. Navy picked himself out a handful of blue crystals which he pocketed after he paid for them. "What ya need those for?" He asked. Navy grunted.

"Enhances my semblance." With his purchase done, Navy turned and left without another word. Nick sighed.

"Still an amazing conversationalist I see." He muttered.

"At least nothing blew up this time." Amber said.

"Wait, what?" Velvet asked.

"Last time those two ended up blowing up the whole gym," Amber explained.

"Well, not the whole gym."

"Most of it." She grumbled.

"Anyways, we should catch up on Indigo and Coco before they end up on some new adventure without us." Nick partly joked.

"Do you think she'll let me take a few shots of what they got?" Velvet asked. Nick shrugged.

"Probably not, but you can try."

Nick waved to the shopkeeper as they left the shop.

"So, how much trouble you think those two got into while we were gone?" Nick asked jokingly.

"They probably blew up the changing area and got kicked out." Velvet said.

Suddenly, the sound of an alarm filled the air. The few people on the streets began to run away from the source of it, one of the buildings in front of them. People in suits began pouring out of it, some holding large sacs, and all carrying res swords.

"Oh, great." Nick muttered. A man in a white suit strolled out of the building. He adjusted his bowler hat that covered his orange hair and placed a cigar in his mouth. He pulled out a lighter and lit it before pocketing it again.

"We should do something." Amber said.

"Agreed." Velvet replied,

"Already on it." Nick commented. He took a step forward and reached for one of his swords. "I've been meaning to try this for awhile."

He drew one sword and let his arm drop, the tip of the blade touching the ground behind him. He walked forwards towards the group of robbers, hoping to get a little distance between him and his friends. He willed his semblance on and forced it through the sword. The blade glowed behind him.

A controlled shockwave blast shot out from the sword and he felt himself being propelled along the road. He moved his feet into a run to prevent himself from falling.

When he was confident he had covered enough distance, he stopped running. He forced himself to stop, and used the momentum to swing his sword off from the ground and to his side. A line of flame continued onwards from where the sword was on the road. He willed the line of flames to curve around the group of robbers, until it stopped just short of the building.

Nick smirked and drew his second blade.

"So, where do you think you guys are going?" He asked. The man in the white suit walked up to the front of the group.

"Ah we were just heading on our way. If you would be so kind as to move, you might just make it out of this." He said.

"Afraid I can't do that." The man sighed and looked around too his men.

"Well, Deal with him."

One of the goons charged Nick and raised his sword to swing. Nick parried the blade, the force breaking the goons sword. Nick used the momentum to twist his body and roundhouse kick his groin. The good fell to the ground with a groan. Two more began to charge him, but a could of ash swept past them and curved behind them. The cloud reformed back into Amber, holding the handle of her weapon sideways.

Instead of a dust projection of a sword, the handle had two straight poles on both ends protruding from it and formed a staff. She twirled it and hit one of them in the head, and spun it so the other end hit the second behind her.

A few flashes of light lit the group up, Nick looked over to see Velvet holding her box camera. She smiled cheekily and returned it to her side. One of the goons charged her and swung his sword at her. She dodged under it easily and in an instant, struck him in the neck. The goon collapsed. Eight left.

Nick took in a breath and pointed his sword at two. The blade began to glow and steam. A concentrated jet of flames shot from the sword, knocking back the two back. Another two swung both of their blades down at Amber. She twirled her staff projection into a horizontal hold and blocked both blades. Velvet jumped around them to the goons side. She kicked one in the leg. The leg made a loud cracking sound and bent at a weird angle on the joint. The goon dropped his blade and fell to the ground and yelled in pain.

With one side free, Amber dodged to the side. She hit the standing goon in the side as she did so. She pressed one of the buttons on her handle, and the dust staff shrunk back into the handle. She clenched her hand into a fist, and a dust projection shield emerged from her gauntlet. She swung it back around, the edge hitting him in the forehead. The goon fell backwards. She spun again and threw it at the man in the white suit. He dodged it easily and he glared angrily at her. Amber and Velvet ran to Nicks side as the four remaining goons readied themselves to attack.

They didn't get a chance too. Indigo came out of nowhere. She launched herself towards the goons, and punching one in the face. The force knocked all four together and sent them all flying back and on the ground. Indigo stood where they once were, and stared at the four mostly unconscious men.

"Definitely your best men Junior, no matter." The final remaining man said, as he checked a pocketwatch. "Well, as impressive a display that was, I'm afraid that I don't have time to stick around and chat." He lightly tipped his hat at everyone.

"Oh no you don't," Indigo grumbled and jumped at him, though as she tackled him. He just shattered like glass and Indigo fell through it. A plane flew overhead, the man waving from the open side of it as he closed it.

The plane flew off, leaving the four students and the henchmen behind.

"Well, that happened." Nick said, sheathing his swords.

"I swear every time we let them run off to do anything, they get themselves wrapped up in something." Coco complained, approaching the scene and lazily stepping over the black line that flames used to be at. She carried a handful of bags and put back on her sunglasses from the last time they saw her. Indigo's eyes looked down into the street for a moment before glancing back up.

"Oh, right." Nick remembered,he dig through the pockets of his jacket pockets and pulled out the boxes of ammo. He tossed then to her, which she grabbed. "Figured I would save you the trip over there, since Coco was busy torturing you."

"Excuse me I was not! I was simply helping her pick out some nice outfits so she didn't have to wear the same thing every day!" Coco complained. Nick laughed, he looked over and saw Velvet cracking a smile at it as well. Even Indigo rolled her eyes in amusement at the commentary. Sirens filled the air over the sound of the bank alarm still going.

"I think you forgot something," Amber said. Nick sighed,

"I'll handle it." He said.

After they had explained the situation to the police, they were aloud to leave while the arrested the henchman. They seemed grumpy that the huntsman students had already handled it, but they didn't seem to care all that much.

As the airship back to Beacon got in the air, Nick noticed the sun was beginning to set out the window.

"I'm never going to get tired of that." Nick said to himself.

"Tired of what?" Velvet asked, who had sat next to him. He gestured towards the sky. "Oh," she said, as if she just noticed herself.

"Yeah, it's quite the view."

She nodded, and pulled her camera from her hip and aimed the camera out the window. She took the shot and sat back, looking at it. He glanced over her shoulder at the camera, the small screen on it showing off the sunset.

"Nice shot." He said.

"T-thanks." She replied quietly. He smiled and sat back in his seat, and watched as the giant castle of a school slowly came into view. It's been a long day.